The Heart of a Conservative

2/6/2006 | self

[TPartyType]

Blind Eye Jones,

What a terrific post! Thanks for sharing your insights.

[jla]

Interesting post. Weaver was a smart man.

[Conservative Goddess]

Goldwater Republican here who now identifies more closely with the limited government principles of the libertarians and Constitutionalists. The "Republicans" and so-called "conservatives" of today make me ill.

Professor, you've spent way too much time in "Why can't we all just get along" academe. The big-tent mentality is precisely why the party is fractured. Without SOME minimal common core values, we're doomed to fall into faction. Here are a few of my "must-haves":

The Founders were brilliant and presceint men. The Constitution is a foundational document that is meant to be rock solid for the ages. It provides an amendment process. Learn it, love it, use it. It is not a living, breathing document intended shift and twist in the political winds of the day. Activist courts are the single biggest threat to our Republic.

I can't and won't tolerate "compassionate conservatism". It's my money and I'll decide who is deserving of largess.

I can't and won't tolerate any form of "gun control". The right of self-defense in unalienable.

I can't and won't tolerate any attempt to remove the pro-life plank from the party. The right of life preceeds the rights of liberty and pursuit of happiness in the DOI. That isn't an accident.

I can't and won't abide "conservatives" whose words and deeds are incongruent. Ricky Santorum is a prime example.

Fundamental Tax Reform is long overdue. As is Social Security restructuring. The party has their thumbs up, well...nevermind. These crises are looming and the impotent pubbies haven't accomplished a thing.

Time to hold the party accountable for broken promises.

[jla]

Our Founders were at odds with each other just as much as the modern-day leaders of the Right* exhibit themselves to be .

* This encompasses conservatives, republicans, constitutionalists, and libertarians.

[TPartyType]

Sounds good to me . . .:o)

You do have a sharper focus on policies and "party planks" than my post, but, on the other hand you clearly shy away from the more contentious libertarian positions (which, I take it you do for the sake of finding common ground--"minimal common core values" as you put it.) Thanks!

BTW, Weaver has a dandy little discussion of the common ground between conservatives and libertarians in the final essay of Life Without Prejudice . . . check it out!

FRegards,

TPT

[TPartyType]

Sure, they had strong disagreements. But they did hold traditional, chivalraic views on propriety, decorum and civility. You can't deny that, you son of a pig dog! :^)

[trooprally]

Sorry about posting so late, lots of work to catch up with after attending 3 FReeps last weekend.

Good Thread. You were able to put out your position in an orderly manner and that kept flamethrowing down to a minimal. This is the proper place to express your opinion, not in the middle of a Thread with a few sentences that does not do your opinion justice. And now you can reference this Thread in other Threads you post to as your full rational.

I believe that FReepers are well within your constraints. Our street demonstrations are a reaction to what we see as a problem. The only street demonstration that I know of where the D.C. Chapter was pro-active in organizing without reacting to others is the Pro-Iraqi Voting FReep on December 17,2005. We even had Shiek Ahmed Subhy as our guest speaker. But I've only been a FReeper since Sept.,2005.

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The FReepers are VERY pro-active in supporting the troops by letter writing and gift giving campaigns and helping the troops whenever we can.

I do not believe that FReepers will ever go "militant" because we are always reminded on our web site and in the Threads to act above those whom we counter demonstrate. We also don't want to have a criminal record if we get militant.

Now we will push the envelope when the situation requires exposing the true militants and their actions. That is sometimes the only way to counter them and get the attention of general public and our support groups. But we push in a legal way.

[Mr] Trooprally

[TPartyType]

Well said. Thanks so much. . . . for everything.

[trooprally]

BTTT

[HopefulPatriot]

"The bottom line -- should we all be, or not be, BushBots."

Bush is defending our country against terrorists in the best way he knows how. But what Bush, CBart95 and many other American don't recognize is that the enemies that pose the greatest danger to our Republic are the socialists that have been in charge of it for the past 70 years. The terrorists are a distraction.

Social Security needs to be voluntarily privatized and all other socialistic programs abandoned completely over the next decade or the United States is going to end up on the Ash-heap of history right beside the Soviet Union. The Gokhale-Smetters report is the ticking time bomb that is counting off the remaining seconds of our Republic.

[HopefulPatriot]

"Woke up one day and the conservatives moved so far left I looked around and lo and behold I was wearing RADICAL clothing."

Have I got a deal for you!

The link that follows is an index (archive) of previously posted articles that are part of a series that detail how We the people can take our country back by restoring the Constitution. Please click here to start reading the series and then ping me if you would like to be added to our ping list.

Thanks.

[HopefulPatriot]

"Really enjoyed your post on the "Eleven Lessons of Rush Limbaugh" thread.."

Thank you Sir. And I have found your present post to thought provoking. Debate for the sake of debate and definition forces us to come to terms not only with others, but also with ourselves. And it does allow for some "ahh ha" moments with new realizations. But in a time of war, it can be a distraction rather than a goal oriented effort to win the war. The war that I am referencing here is not the war on terror, but rather the war that Democrats and other socialists are waging against the Constitution and against the United States itself.

I have no doubt in my own mind that I have found the winning strategy that can actually restore the Constitution. I invite you to join the discussion on how to implement a plan to restore the Constitution. We issued this challenge to anyone that doubts that our strategy can or will work.

Please see our prior post that contains a link to the series index. And please consider this as your personal invitation to take The Pledge and join us in this effort.

[hosepipe]

Will follow your link and will respond to it too..

But I fear that it flys in the face of "the solution" the founders suggested by the 2nd amendment.. You know, revolution.. It could be that "you" are the smarter than the founders.. or merely afraid.. But I will read your link and go on from there.. d;-!

[TPartyType]

I'll read them all over this coming weekend.

Thanks for the invitation.

[TPartyType]

We issued this challenge to anyone that doubts that our strategy can or will work.

"We" who? When you say "our" to whom do you refer?

[TPartyType]

ping

[TPartyType]

ping

(I'm not quite ready to let this thread die, so, if you could give 'er a little bumperoonie? If not, I'll just let "nature take its course" . . .)

Thanks!

[TPartyType]

Ping to an old FReepsearcher FRiend. Thought you might enjoy this reflection.

TPT

[TPartyType]

Ping to a FReeper who, by the looks of the philosophy threads, (not to mention his tagline) is intellectually engaged!

[Jimbaugh]

I agree with you.